Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

TL Seifert
82(49) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • square drive
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 4 7 15 9 6 22 15
PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
65(32) 7x4 - 3x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 0 5 7 11 4 14 20

Best performances - Bowlers

I Udana
I Udana
O4
M0
R30
W3
Eco7.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Zahoor Khan
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

6:35pm That brings us to the end of our coverage for Match 9. In less than an hour, the Colombo Strikers, fresh off a win yesterday, will clash with Dambulla Sixers, yet to get off the mark this season. Do join us for that game too. Until next time, this is goodbye from me, Chetan and Ranjith. Take care, folks!

Isuru Udana, Player of the Match: The wickets are very flat. Only thing is we have to try and take early wickets, that puts pressure on the batters. Think I did that today. There is not much swing, we have to try and put the ball in the proper areas. Just wanted to do the basics well and it worked today.

Niroshan Dickwella, Galle Marvels captain: It was a great team performance. Isuru bowled really well and that is why I gave him an extra over (in the powerplay), and he took two wickets. I don't tell them (the bowlers) much. They know their strengths and I ask them to come up with their plans, I back them. We wanted to take the bowlers on in the powerplay. Brilliant performance in the powerplay (getting to a record score in the LPL).

Wanindu Hasaranga, Kandy Falcons captain: We were 15-20 runs short. It was a fresh wicket and in the first 6-7 overs, the ball was holding up. After that, we batted really well - Fletcher, Angelo and myself. The wicket was fantastic after we batted, and we did not bowl with discipline. That is the main thing we did not do. If we had bowled with discipline, we could have defended that total.

6:24pm It was a cakewalk for Galle in the end, and that was largely down to the pyrotechnics Hales and Seifert unfurled in the powerplay. They blazed away to a record score and clipped the Falcons' wings, even before they could think about taking flight. Seifert then carried on and ensured there were no further hiccups, finishing with an unbeaten 82 and ending the game with 17 balls to spare.

Lots to think about for the Falcons. Apart from Shoriful, everyone came in for some tap. Their bowling in the powerplay was not great, and they bowled much fuller than Galle, paying the price ultimately. Hasaranga came back well after a 27-run first over but those runs, it could be argued, signaled the beginning of the end for the Falcons. Stick around, we should hear from the captains and the Player of the Match soon.

17.1
4
Shanaka to Seifert, FOUR, there it is! Seifert ices the run-chase and that is a fitting end to a sparkling batting display! Dug in short on middle and leg. Seifert gets on top of the bounce, rolls his wrists enough and hammers it between fine leg and deep square leg. Galle back to winning ways; the Falcons, meanwhile, have now lost three on the bounce!
17.1
1w
Shanaka to Seifert, 1 wide, full and well outside off. Beyond the tramlines and given a wide once Seifert swishes and misses

Just five needed. Shanaka to bowl what could be the final over of this game

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs | GAM: 171/4 (5 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 10.05, RRR: 1.66)

  • Tim Seifert78 (48b)
  • Sahan Arachchige9 (9b)
  • Shoriful Islam4-0-32-2
  • Lakshan Sandakan4-0-46-1
16.6
1
Shoriful Islam to Seifert, 1 run, another yorker outside off. Seifert digs it out towards deep point
16.5
0
Shoriful Islam to Seifert, no run, into the blockhole outside off. Seifert wafts at it and for a change, misses
16.4
1
Shoriful Islam to Arachchige, 1 run, banged into the track again, on leg stump. Arachchige gets inside the line and helps it down to fine leg
16.3
4
Shoriful Islam to Arachchige, FOUR, sweet timing! Too much width on offer outside off. Arachchige stands up tall on his toes and scythes it past backward point!

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Galle 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12AD HalesN Dickwella
2nd79AD HalesTL Seifert
3rd38PBB RajapaksaTL Seifert
4th18TL SeifertJ Liyanage
5th29TL SeifertSSD Arachchige